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Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale, Illinois

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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1963

Page

8

Sister Mary Alphonsine Captures Snake at Center Roundup

Sister Mary Alphonsine lines up a shot at a pink pool table in a Rolling Rattler Roundup scene in a shopping center. Ethel Sperry of Tuso captured a four-foot rattler during the Okeene Oklahoma event, despite polio confined wheelchair. She saw the snake and held it to the ground with a snake-catching tool until bystanders helped. Stanislaus School in Ambridge Pennsylvania was noted during a three day tour of the nation's capital.

Mary Alphonsine Ethel Sperry Stanislaus School Ambridge

Admiral Rickover Testifies on Thresher Sub Sinking

Vice Admiral R G Rickover testifies before two Naval Board of Enquiry at Portsmouth N J Naval Shipyard about the sinking of the Thresher in the Atlantic with 129 men aboard. The scene includes references to Laos clashes and broad political tensions surrounding the incident.

Adm Ryman G. Rickover Naval Board of Enquiry Portsmouth N. J Naval Shipyard Thresher Atlantic

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